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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Trouble Setting up a Desktop arrangement
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<blockquote data-quote="Oneironaut" data-source="post: 1019026" data-attributes="member: 88633"><p>I am using my MBP in closed clamshell mode right now and it's fine. I use it like this regularly and I haven't noticed any overheating. Still, keep the option open of having BOTH monitors because you can make the two work as one large monitor, and drag windows between them. I usually like some visuals going while I'm working on my MBP in open mode, so I drag iTunes to the external monitor and dedicate that to the visualizer, while the portable monitor is dedicated to what I'm working on. Or when I'm working with Final Cut Pro, I like to drag the Canvas window over to the external monitor which is bigger and better for previewing, while keeping the other windows on my Macbook's monitor. </p><p></p><p>But if you're not going to do any of that, it's certainly fine to keep your Macbook closed so you can just use an external monitor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oneironaut, post: 1019026, member: 88633"] I am using my MBP in closed clamshell mode right now and it's fine. I use it like this regularly and I haven't noticed any overheating. Still, keep the option open of having BOTH monitors because you can make the two work as one large monitor, and drag windows between them. I usually like some visuals going while I'm working on my MBP in open mode, so I drag iTunes to the external monitor and dedicate that to the visualizer, while the portable monitor is dedicated to what I'm working on. Or when I'm working with Final Cut Pro, I like to drag the Canvas window over to the external monitor which is bigger and better for previewing, while keeping the other windows on my Macbook's monitor. But if you're not going to do any of that, it's certainly fine to keep your Macbook closed so you can just use an external monitor. [/QUOTE]
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